Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1998, 7:00 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1998, 7:00 PM EST (00:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1998, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hendricks County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 7105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KIND 150001 FFWIND INC011-023-045-063-107-121-133-157-165-150300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 700 PM EST SUN JUN 14 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA CLINTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA FOUNTAIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA HENDRICKS COUNTY IN CENTRAL INDIANA MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA PARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA PUTNAM COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA TIPPECANOE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA VERMILLION COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA * UNTIL 1000 PM EST * AT 655 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN DANVILLE ILLINOIS TO LAFAYETTE TO LEBANON TO GREENCASTLE... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * AN OBSERVER IN MARSHALL...WHICH IS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRAWFORDSVILLE REPORTED OVER ONE IN>CH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD! WHEN FLOODING THREATENS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. JAS &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:15 PM EST, 45 minutes before
INZ051>053-060>065-067>072-081-082-085>088-150500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 PM EST SUN JUN 14 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST... THE TORNADO WATCH IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DECATUR TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE TERRE HAUTE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR...AND EVANSVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO THIS MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER UPDATES. JAS
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 6:15 PM EST, 45 minutes before
INZ051>053-060>065-067>072-081-082-085>088-150500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 615 PM EST SUN JUN 14 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL... SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST... THE TORNADO WATCH IS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF TERRE HAUTE TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF DECATUR TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MADISON. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE TERRE HAUTE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD...SEYMOUR...AND EVANSVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO THIS MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER UPDATES. JAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Fountain, Tippecanoe, Vermillion | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Boone, Clinton | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hendricks | 16 min |
| Jun 14, 8:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Morgan | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 8:32 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Johnson, Marion, Shelby | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Hancock, Henry, Rush | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 9:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Bartholomew, Decatur | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Parke, Putnam | 118 min |
| Jun 14, 10:02 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | IND | Vermillion | 118 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Indiana, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.